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From: Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com>
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Subject: Re: determining screen resolution over the web
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 08:12:35 -0700
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On 8/1/2014 07:41, Joshua Cranmer 🐧 wrote:
> On 7/31/2014 6:40 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
>> I thought you were asking how to size things for a device that could
>> have significantly different screen resolutions.  If you want to
>> determine the browser you can use the HTTP_USER_AGENT environment
>> variable and select your response accordingly.
>
> The penalty for suggesting using the User-Agent information to send data
> is execution by being electroplated.
>
> More seriously, though, just don't do it.
>

It is easily faked if that's what you're saying.  But I do like the CSS 
options better.

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Knute Johnson